The election of Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi as chairman of the Assembly of Experts dominated the front pages of Iranian dailies on Wednesday. Prediction by the government spokesman that the country�s economy will grow 2.5 percent next year was also in the news. Remarks by the foreign minister in a session of the Assembly of Experts on nuclear talks came under the spotlight too.
Abrar: As many as 155 Iranian MPs are working in sport federations.
[The minister of sports and youth made the remark, taking a swipe at members of parliament who are engaged in sporting activities.]
Abrar-e Eghtesadi:�India lends support to oil companies seeking to invest in Iran.
Afarinesh: Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi was elected Chairman of the Expediency Council for one year.
Aftab-e Yazd:��We should respect government officials. They are going through tough times,� said the president of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Arman-e Emrooz:�Moscow has agreed to Iran joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Iranian president�s special envoy to Russia, Ali Akbar Velayati, made the remark about his meeting with President Putin.
Asr-e Iranian:��We have failed in fixing the interest rates,� said Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran.
Asr-e Rasaneh:��Peugeot [a French car giant] is to invest �100 million in Iran,� announced the head of Iran Khodro Industrial Group.
Asrar: �Apparently they wanted to kill or amputate me,� said Ali Motahari, a Tehran MP, about unknown assailants who recently targeted him in Shiraz.
Asrar: �Iran is expected to post a 2.5 percent economic growth next year [starting March 21, 2015],� said the government spokesman.
Eghtesad-e Pooya:�� Pars Special Energy Economic Zone exported 40 percent of the country�s non-oil items last year [ending March 2014],� said the managing director of the zone on the Persian Gulf.
Emtiaz: �High-income families will stop to get monthly cash subsidies,� said the deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare.
Etemad: �Contaminated ampoules were withdrawn from the market,� said the health minister, adding that 15 people lost their vision as a result of taking the fake eye drug.
Ettela�at:��We try to help nuclear talks produce satisfactory results.�
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remark in the opening session of the Assembly of Experts.
Ettela�at:�President Obama has strongly slammed Republicans for their letter to Iranian officials.
Hambastegi: �Expansion of ties with regional countries is one of the top priorities of Iran�s foreign policy,� said President Rouhani before leaving for Turkmenistan.
Honarmand: �Mastoor-o Mast�links the East and the West,� said Homayoon Shajarian about his new album.
Iran: Some 63.6 percent of Iranians are optimistic about the government performance.
This is the result of a poll conducted in four stages in 30 provincial capitals.
Iran Daily:�Trade with EU countries topped �7.5 billion in 2014.
Jomhouri Islami:�The European Commission�s news website has announced that the value of trade between Europe and Iran has increased 21 percent.
Kaenat: The budget bill was returned to parliament; the Guardian Council has found fault with [an article that deals with ways of] identifying high-income families.
Kayhan: �If our proposal is rejected, Greece will open Europe�s doors to terrorists,� said the Greek defense minister.
[Athens has asked Europe to find a solution to the Greek debt crisis.]
Kayhan: The Iraqi army took the breath of terrorists; Tikrit turned into the graveyard of Takfiri terrorists.
Kayhan International:�Iran is fantastically rich when it comes to cultural heritage.
Khorasan: �The Guardian Council has faulted a parliamentary decision which calls for the removal of the cash subsidies of high-income people,� said the chairman of parliament�s Budget Committee.
Qods: �The US showed that it is not trustworthy,� said the foreign minister in reaction to the US Senators� letter to Iranian officials.
Sayeh: �The Education Ministry should sow the seeds of learning in the country,� said President Rouhani.
Shahrvand: A coordinated response by Tehran and Washington to 47 US Senators
Shahrvand: �We are moving back toward illiteracy,� said the education minister.
Sharq: �Common sense dictates that we should support the country�s diplomacy team [in nuclear talks with P5+1],� said Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a member of the Assembly of Experts.
Sharq: A former critic of Hashemi [Rafsanjani] takes the chairmanship [of the Assembly of Experts]; Ayatollah Yazdi replaced the late Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani.
Tafahom: �Diplomacy is there to reduce costs,� said FM Zarif in the Assembly of Expert.
Tehran Times:�Iraqi army, volunteer forces enter Tikrit from multiple directions.
Tejarat: �We are planning to unify the foreign exchange rate next year,� the governor of the Central Bank of Iran promised.
By Iran Front Page
